MandyThe Good Advice of Matthew Reilly
June 28th 2007 11:29
I decided one Thursday after work to take the train down to the Harbour and check out the Sydney Writer's Festival cos MATTHEW REILLY was going to be there. SQUEEE!! The man who created Shane Schofield is surely a genius, right? That guy was shot in the neck, fell off a hundred foot cliff and never lost his sunglasses! How is this possible, Matthew Reilly? He fell into a pool filled with killer whales! HOW, I ASK YOU?
With this question buring in my mind I had to go and get a look at this genius. He also wrote such great books as Temple, Contest and Area 7, as well as shit books like Scarecrow (seriously Matthew, what were you thinking? Killing off your one and only female character? And don't say that Mother's female. Everyone knows she's a tranny. Joking Matthew! Her titanium leg only adds to her femininity!) and probably Hovercar Racer. But all his other books are great!
So I promptly set out after I knocked off, with copy of Ice Station in my hot little hand ready for imminent graffitiing. It is an old second hand copy that was once owned by my music teacher- I started reading it at a music lesson and never gave it back. I don't think she wanted it anymore. I hope. If not- sorry Jenny! I have your book- ring me.
Anyway Matthew was very enlightening during his talk, and I'm not just talking about the fab blonde highlights in his hair either. I will question the earring though. Why, Matthew, why? Is it because you are a hot young talent and are producing some sitcom in America? Because earrings are so nineties.
Anyway, Matthew firmly encouraged all of us to look beyond the boundaries of our usual genres and seek fresh material, for example to resist the allure of "action" stories and plumb the depths of "adventure" novels. Or maybe he didn't say that.
After this remark I had a good laugh to myself because I believed I had the ultimate contrast right there in my bag. One was Ice Station, a non-stop army/navy political thriller action adventure combo, which I had brought for the signing, and the other, which I was currently reading?
Anne of Green Gables.
With this question buring in my mind I had to go and get a look at this genius. He also wrote such great books as Temple, Contest and Area 7, as well as shit books like Scarecrow (seriously Matthew, what were you thinking? Killing off your one and only female character? And don't say that Mother's female. Everyone knows she's a tranny. Joking Matthew! Her titanium leg only adds to her femininity!) and probably Hovercar Racer. But all his other books are great!
So I promptly set out after I knocked off, with copy of Ice Station in my hot little hand ready for imminent graffitiing. It is an old second hand copy that was once owned by my music teacher- I started reading it at a music lesson and never gave it back. I don't think she wanted it anymore. I hope. If not- sorry Jenny! I have your book- ring me.
Anyway Matthew was very enlightening during his talk, and I'm not just talking about the fab blonde highlights in his hair either. I will question the earring though. Why, Matthew, why? Is it because you are a hot young talent and are producing some sitcom in America? Because earrings are so nineties.
Durrrrrrrrr
Anyway, Matthew firmly encouraged all of us to look beyond the boundaries of our usual genres and seek fresh material, for example to resist the allure of "action" stories and plumb the depths of "adventure" novels. Or maybe he didn't say that.
After this remark I had a good laugh to myself because I believed I had the ultimate contrast right there in my bag. One was Ice Station, a non-stop army/navy political thriller action adventure combo, which I had brought for the signing, and the other, which I was currently reading?
Anne of Green Gables.
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